Legal Opinion
United States Ex Rel. Lashbrook v. Sullivan
District Court, E.D. Illinois
Decided June 10, 1944No. Civ. 418-DPublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LINDLEY, District Judge.
In his request for a writ of habeas corpus in forma pauperis, the relator avers that he is being held by respondent, unlawfully in the Illinois State Penitentiary, Menard Branch. He contends that the sentence of from one to fourteen years is void because it did not specify a particular institution in which he was to be confined, and that he is being held beyond the time when his release should have occurred by virtue of statute, in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment and the constitution and laws of the state of Illinois.
Relator was indicted in the Circuit Court of…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Ex Parte HawkSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Ponzi v. FessendenSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
- Rogers v. PeckSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
- People v. JoyceIllinois Supreme Court · 1910
- Kelly v. DowdCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1944
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Herbert E. Rose v. E. B. Haskins, SuperintendentCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1968
- John J. Morrissey v. Lou v. Brewer, Warden, G. Donald Booher v. Lee and O'Brien Counties and the State of IowaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1971
- Zink v. LearNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1953
- United States ex rel. Harris v. RagenCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1949
- Gerald Joseph Koptik v. Richard A. Chappell, Chairman, United States Board of ParoleCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1963
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